[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR831.643]

[Page 116]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 831_RETIREMENT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart F_Survivor Annuities
 
Sec. 831.643  Time for filing applications for death benefits.

    (a) A survivor of a deceased employee, Member, or retiree, may file 
an application for annuity, personally or through a representative, at 
any time within 30 years after the death of the employee, Member, or 
retiree.
    (b) A former spouse claiming eligibility for an annuity based on 
Sec. 831.683 may file an application at any time between November 8, 
1984 and May 7, 1989. Within this period, the date that the first 
correspondence indicating a desire to file a claim is received by OPM 
will be treated as the application date for meeting timeliness deadlines 
and determining the commencing date of the survivor annuity under Sec. 
831.683 if the former spouse is eligible on that date.

[55 FR 9102, Mar. 12, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 52881, Oct. 13, 1993. 
Redesignated at 58 FR 52882, Oct. 13, 1993]